"Those with talent who naturalise today can easily leave the country of adoption for greener pasture tomorrow; it is what these developed countries do to keep them there that really matters.

Between the hard-working stateless man who has spent much of his life toiling on Malaysian soil and the corrupt politician who continues to squander our national wealth, it does not take a genius to distinguish who is the real patriot." By Josh Hong in Malaysiakini

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Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia fails

Human Rights standard test

He is usually not neutral because he knows which side of the bread is buttered. Pandikar Amin (WRONGLY, according to Human Rights standard) told Fong that he did not think that the term was insulting as pendatang haram referred to illegals.

Burma underGeneral Ne Win: You have two cows. Ne Win’s BSPP government seizes both and provides you with small amount of diluted milk which is a little bit spoilt.

Burma underGeneral Saw Maung’s SLORC: You have two cows. Military government took both, promised to give back after enquiry (election) but was deposed in a coup to prevent fulfilling his promise.

Myanmar under Sr General Than Shwe. You have two cows. SPDC withdraw the license to breed the cows and given one license to U Pine (ex-military association) and the remaining license goes to U Tayza.

Myanmar Tatadaw in Arakan: You have two cows. Tatadaw slaughtered one to eat. Ask you to plough the army land with your remaining one cow. You are forced to pull the plough together with the remaining cow as a voluntary service.

Myanmar Tatadaw in Karen State:You have two cows. Myanmar Military would negotiate, bribe one cow, named as Democratic Buddhist Cow and incite to fight your remaining cow, assassinate you or your family, raid across the fence, burn your house across the border and to destroy the Mosques.

Myanmar Tatadaw in Shan State:You have two cows. Tatmadaw would slaughter both cows, rape your village women and set your village on fire.

Myanmar under General Khin Nyunt:You have two cows. Khin Nyunt’s would smile but with the sweet innocent face he would order Myanmar Military Intellgence to start a religious or racial riot against you and burn your two cows together with your house.

Myanmar Chins:You have two cows. Bandage one as if wounded and put a POP on another so that they could be accepted by UNHCR to be able to export to the Western Developed countries.

Myanmar Democratic secular opposition:You have two cows. Don’t talk about racial discriminations nor equal rights. Your cows are not important they are counting their own sheeps and praying that the Burma Revolution would last forever. Then only they could continue to collect funds.

A SOCIALIST: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.

CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE:You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.

BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, then pours the milk down the drain.

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create clever cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide.

A CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported on them.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship both of them.

A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.

A BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. They are mad. They die. Pass the shepherd’s pie, please.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are. You break for lunch.

A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an American corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows and the American corporation declares bankruptcy.

AN AMERICAN REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So what?

AN AMERICAN DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous.

Myanmar Referendum jokes

I have edited and adapted to the Myanmar context from the original article in the Malaysiakini. I hope that the Malaysiakini could understand and forgive for this. They should even be proud that they could contribute a very good letter for the fellow Myanmar/Burmese citizens.

(1) Myanmar Tatmadaw has announced that its new national symbol is the Condom, because it accurately reflects the government stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks and gives us a sense of security while we’re actually being screwed!

(2) Senior General Than Shwe and General Maung Aye were in a helicopter looking down Yangon. Than Shwe said, ” Maung Aye, if I throw two 1000 Kyat notes down, two people will be happy.”

Not wanting to be outdone, Maung Aye said, “If I throw 200 of 10 Kyat notes, 200 people will be happy.”

The pilot heard the conversation and said, “If I throw the two of you down, 50 million Myanmars will be happy.”

(3) Three guys were arguing as to what race Adam and Eve were. The Myanmar Christian guy said they must be Myanmar Christians as they are so good looking. The Burmese Chinese guy said that they must be Burmese Chinese as they are so calm even with a snake.

The Burmese Indian guy said that they must be Burmese -Indian as they have no shelter, no clothes, no money, share one apple, advised by a snake who told them that they are living in paradise!

(4) Senior General Than Shwe, General Maung Aye, Htet Htet Moe Oo and General Khin Nyunt were sitting in a Myanmar Railway train heading up to Southern Shan State for campaigning. Near Kalaw, the train goes through a tunnel and it gets completely dark.

Suddenly there is a kissing sound and then a slap!

The train comes out of the tunnel. Htet Htet Moe Oo and Senior General Than Shwe are sitting there looking perplexed.

General Maung Aye is bent over holding his face, which is red from an apparent slap.

All of them remain diplomatic and nobody says anything.

Senior General Than Shwe is thinking: “These guys are all crazy after Htet Htet Moe Oo. General Maung Aye must have tried to kiss her in the tunnel. Very proper that she slapped him.”

Htet Htet Moe Oo is thinking: “General Maung Aye must have moved to kiss me, but kissed Senior General Than Shwe instead and got slapped.”

General Maung Aye is thinking: “Damn it, Senior General Than Shwe must have tried to kiss Htet Htet Moe Oo, she thought it was me and slapped me instead.”

General Khin Nyunt is thinking: “If this train goes through another tunnel, I could make another kissing sound and slap General Maung Aye again.”

(5) Kyant Phut wins the election. To celebrate, they decide to send some space Hitchhiker to space on the Chinese Rocket. Senior General Than Shwe calls together a group of Kyant Phuts.

Comrades, we are going to send our man to space using Chinese Space craft. Since we want to be different from others, the Military -Kyant Phut Cabinet has decided that you will all now fly to the sun.

But Min Tayar Gyi, we all will be burnt to crisp.

Don’t afraid, the Myanmar Military and Kyant Phut government has thought of everything …you will fly at night!

Hitchhiking (also known as lifting, thumbing, hitching, autostop or thumbing up a ride) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking people (usually strangers) for a ride in their automobile to travel a distance that may either be a short or long distance. The latter may require many rides from different people.

(7) A very famous Chief priest of a church in Naypyidaw, Myanmar is dying. Before he dies, he asked for Than Shwe and Maung Aye to be beside his deathbed. Both of them were excited at this opportunity because they thought it would be good for their image with the Christians around the world.

At the priest’s deathbed, they asked, “Father, why did you ask us to be with you on your deathbed?”

The priest replied, “Because I wanted to die like Jesus Christ. He died between two thieves, and I wanted to do the same.”

Intrigue and illness in Myanmar’s junta

BANGKOK – This month’s surprise announcement in Myanmar of a planned national referendum on a new constitution in May and multi-party democratic elections by 2010 are all part of Senior General Than Shwe’s game plan to hold onto power and ensure his family’s interests are secured. The question now is whether or not the junta leader’s health will hold out that long.

A major turning point in the competition occurred nearly six months ago, when Maung Aye was replaced as the head of the junta’s powerful Trade Council, right before the beginning of the August unrest. Maung Aye was also reportedly replaced as military chief during last year’s protests, where Thura Shwe Mann took charge of security arrangements, including suppression of the demonstrations, and commenced chairing crucial National Security Council meetings on Than Shwe’s orders.

Since the crackdown, however, the wheels of government have reportedly ground to a halt. “Ministers have been told directly by Than Shwe that he does not need to be consulted on any issue, other than those related to political or foreign policy issues,” said a military source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. But because officials fear making any moves that could be perceived as a challenge to Than Shwe’s power, decision-making is in gridlock, according to the source.

“There’s total inertia in [the capital] Naypyidaw. No one dares make a decision, even in regard to the smallest matters without approval from the top, which is rarely forthcoming,” a senior government official recently confided to a Western diplomat who spoke with Asia Times Online.

Barring Daw Suu is against the existing local Laws

and UN Human Rights Decleration

The National League for Democracy (NLD) reacted strongly today to the ban on Aung San Suu Kyi contesting the 2010 elections saying that it was a ‘personal attack’ against her and the regime has no right to do such a thing.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (DASSK) is the daughter of Independence hero Bogyoke (General) Aung San and Daw Khin Kyi and she is also a citizen of Burma. This is a mere personal attack against her, the NLD said.

“This remark comes from an unauthorized person when there is no constitution and election rule yet. This is a personal and political attack against her,” U Nyan Win, NLD spokesman said.

“Barring someone from contesting an election must be in accordance with either the election rule or the constitution. This remark is an unauthorized remark when there is no such rule and constitution so far,” he added.

Moreover this restriction violates Article (2) and (21) of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) besides undermining national reconciliation and stability of the Sate, he warned.

“This should not have been said at this crucial juncture when talks are on between DASSK and the regime’s Minister of Relations U Aung Kyi for the sake of the country. This can undermine national reconciliation and stability of the State,” U Nyan Win said.

“It is premature to say so now. We do not yet know whether the draft constitution will be approved or not by the people in the referendum. The election is still far away and we have no comment to make to this question,” he replied when asked if today’s statement hinted at NLD’s position on apparently contesting the forthcoming election had the regime allowed DASSK to contest.

“There are no such provisions in the existing laws. Such restriction is in qualification of President in the draft constitution, but not included in the qualifications of Member of Parliament”, he said.

The regime’s Foreign Minister U Nyan Win told his counterparts in Singapore on February 19 that DASSK has been disqualified from contesting the election since she married a British citizen and has two sons who hold British citizenship.

The remark coincided with the optimistic comment on referendum and fresh elections made by the UN special Envoy on Burma and it surprised the ASEAN countries.

Mr. Gambari is currently in Singapore and the Singapore PM George Yeoh urged the regime to ensure that the referendum and elections be ‘reliable and all inclusive’.

Mr. Gambari may visit Burma at the end of next month and this visit will focus on discussing with the regime its position relating to DASSK not being allowed to contest the elections.

The regime made two announcements on February 9 on holding a referendum in May this year and elections in 2010.

The opposition forces see these two announcements as an attempt to nullify the 1990 election result and cannot accept it. They pointed out that the NLD won a landslide victory in the election with over 82 percent seats and the regime is still refusing to honour this election result. So, they have turned down the new election formula.

Thailand, Vietnam and some ASEAN countries have given the green signal to the regime’s plan to hold a referendum and fresh elections but some countries criticized the regime for banning DASSK from contesting the coming elections.

Meanwhile, the opposition forces are not making official comments on barring DASSK from contesting the election but there are widespread differences and heated debate on whether there should be a ‘total boycott’ or ‘NO’ vote in the forthcoming referendum.

Sr. General Than Shwe is the thief

of time

Procrastination

Procrastination is a type of avoidance behaviour which is characterised by deferment of actions or tasks to a later time. Psychologists often cite procrastination as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision.

For the person procrastinating this may result in stress, a sense of guilt, the loss of personal productivity, the creation of crisis and the disapproval of others for not fulfilling one’s responsibilities or commitments. While it is normal for individuals to procrastinate to some degree, it becomes a problem when it impedes normal functioning. Chronic procrastination may be a sign of an underlying psychological or physiological disorder.

The word itself comes from the Latin word procrastinatus: pro- (forward) and crastinus (of tomorrow). The term’s first known appearance was in Edward Hall’s Chronicle (The union of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancestre and Yorke), first published sometime before 1548.[2] The sermon reflected procrastination’s connection at the time to task avoidance or delay, volition or will, and sin.

Causes of procrastination

Psychological

The psychological causes of procrastination vary greatly, but generally surround issues of anxiety, low sense of self-worth and a self-defeating mentality. Procrastinators are also thought to have a higher-than-normal level of conscientiousness, more based on the “dreams and wishes” of perfection or achievement in contrast to a realistic appreciation of their obligations and potential.

Author David Allen brings up two major psychological causes of procrastination at work and in life which are related to anxiety, not laziness.[citation needed] The first category comprises things too small to worry about, tasks that are an annoying interruption in the flow of things, and for which there are low-impact workarounds; an example might be organizing a messy room. The second category comprises things too big to control, tasks that a person might fear, or for which the implications might have a great impact on a person’s life; an example might be the adult children of a deteriorating senior parent deciding what living arrangement would be best.

A person might unconsciously overestimate or underestimate the scale of a task if procrastination has become a habit.

From the behavioral psychology point of view, James Mazur has said that procrastination is a particular case of “impulsiveness” as opposed to self control.[citation needed] Mazur states that procrastination occurs because of a temporal discounting of a punisher, as it happens with the temporal discount for a reinforcer. Procrastination, then, as Mazur says, happens when a choice has to be made between a later larger task and a sooner small task; as the absolute value of the task gets discounted by the time, a subject tends to choose the later large task.

Physiological

Research on the physiological roots of procrastination mostly surrounds the role of the prefrontal cortex. This area of the brain is responsible for executive brain functions such as planning, impulse control, attention, and acts as a filter by decreasing distracting stimuli from other brain regions. Damage or low activation in this area can reduce an individual’s ability to filter out distracting stimuli, ultimately resulting in poorer organization, a loss of attention and increased procrastination. This is similar to the prefrontal lobe’s role in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), where underactivation is common. [3]

Procrastination and mental health

Procrastination can be a persistent and debilitating disorder in some people, causing significant psychological disability and dysfunction. These individuals may actually be suffering from an underlying mental health problem such as depression or ADHD.While procrastination is a behavioral condition, these underlying mental health disorders can be treated with medication and/or therapy. Therapy can be a useful tool in helping an individual learn new behaviors, overcome fears and anxieties, and achieve an improved quality of life. Thus it is important for people who chronically struggle with debilitating procrastination to see a trained therapist or psychiatrist to see if an underlying mental health issue may be present.

Severe procrastination can cross over into internet addiction or computer addiction. In this instance the individual has a compulsion to avoid reality by surfing the web or playing video games (game addiction) or looking at online pornography (pornography addiction). Although these are relatively new phenomena, they are being considered as psychiatric diagnoses by mental health professionals.

Perfectionism

Traditionally, procrastination has been associated with perfectionism, a tendency to negatively evaluate outcomes and one’s own performance, intense fear and avoidance of evaluation of one’s abilities by others, heightened social self-consciousness and anxiety, recurrent low mood, and workaholism. Slaney (1996) found that adaptive perfectionists were less likely to procrastinate than non-perfectionists, while maladaptive perfectionists (people who saw their perfectionism as a problem) had high levels of procrastination (and also of anxiety).[4]

Academic procrastination

While academic procrastination is not a special type of procrastination, procrastination is thought to be particularly prevalent in the academic setting[citation needed], where students are required to meet deadlines for assignments and tests in an environment full of events and activities which compete for the students’ time and attention. More specifically, a 1992 study showed that “52% of surveyed students indicated having a moderate to high need for help concerning procrastination”[5].Some students struggle with procrastination due to a lack of time management or study skills, stress, or feeling overwhelmed with their work.[

“To be always intending to live a new life, but never to find time to set about it; this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day and night to another, till he is starved and destroyed.” Tillotson

‘By the streets of “By and By” one arrives at the house of “Never.”‘ Cervantes

“By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there’s no more future left for them.” L’Estrange

“For Yesterday was once To-morrow.” Persius

“Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day” Franklin

“Indulge in procrastination, and in time you will come to this, that because a thing ought to be done, therefore you can’t do it.” Charles Buxton

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Don Marquis (1878 – 1937)

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Lord Chesterfield (1694 – 1773)

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Don Marquis (1878 – 1937)

Procrastination is the thief of time. Edward Young (1683 – 1765)

If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Thomas De Quincey, Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts – 1827

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Earl of Chesterfield

Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried. Author Unknown

I dream of

speaking with

DSAI, former D.P.M. of Malaysia

I was trying to get a chance to have an interview with the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim (many Malaysians affectionately referred him in a short form as DSAI) also since last year.

Burma Digest Chief Editor was eager to get this interview as he is famous for his bright ideas, brilliant oratory skills and is known internationally and highly respected for his principled stance against corruption, for his skillful management of the Malaysian economy, as an ardent supporter of democracy and for his authoritative voice bridging the gap between East and West. He is regarded as one of the forefathers of the Asian Renaissance and a leading proponent of greater cooperation among civilizations. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1993-1998. Served as Minister of Finance for Malaysia from 1991-1998. He is an internationally renowned speaker on the subjects of democracy, freedom, good governance, Islam and democracy and the need for accountability.

Strangely, I have this unusual dream of getting a chance to have a face-to-face interview with DSAI. As the dream was like a real life-like and I could recall each and every word answered by DSAI in the dreams, I decided to record all of them in detail here.

I hereby wish to apologize Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim, his family and the political party from the bottom of my heart for dragging DSAI’s name in my dreams and this article.

I hope all of the concerned personalities could kindly understand and forgive me for daring to dream and write about this interview, which never materialized or happened in the real world.

Beware this is just fictional, not real.

BURMA DIGEST:Dear Datuk Sri, thank you very much for allowing us to interview. His Excellency Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim…You are welcome. Question…As Datuk Seri is well known internationally as an ardent supporter of democracy, we wish to know your views based on democratic principles, regarding Burma’s present and future.

Answer…Most of the people around the world just uttered the word democracy without knowing the essence of democracy. Let’s focus on the fundamentals of democracy such as human rights, individual freedom, good governance, and rule of law.

Question…Burmese Military Generals are trying to hook wink the people of Burma, Governments around the world and United Nations with their “Seven Steps Road-map for democracy”. How do you see that road map?

Answer…Most of the dictators around the world and even the Socialist and Communist leaders used to claim that they are practicing democracy to sugar coat their bitter pills of authoritarian ruleof undemocratic governments.

Question…They had ignored the results of the 1990 election where opposition won 85% of the seats. However, they are now preparing for the referendum and another election.

Answer…The true cultivation of democracy requires more than simply the introduction of elections. It also requires the establishment of a democratic process and a levelling of the political playing field.

Now they had refused to honour the election they themselves had held because people rejected their Military affiliated party and had given mandate to the opposition. It is a blatant insult to the wisdom of the Burmese people and against the basic concepts of democracy.

If some one is regarded to be unreliable and broken the promise, especially if that person is the leader of a country, how could we trust them again? If the Burmese people rejected their referendum and or the election, what is the Military Junta going to do? Do they dare to promise the people of Myanmar and the whole world including the UN that they would just quietly withdraw peacefully to their barracks, like their previous leader General Saw Maung of SLORC had promised before the 1990 elections?The Generals must allow the free and fair competition among political parties.The election authorities and election officials must be independent, impartial, and effective in guaranteeing free and fair elections.

Question…In the Full or true democracy, how should SPDC conduct the referendum and or the election? General Ne Win’s Burmese Socialist Programme Party had legalized his authoritian, dictatorial military rule with the referendum and the elections before.They are trying to hook wink the whole Burma/Myanmar with the “Seven steps of Road map to democracy.” But the catch word of SPDC is “Guided” or “Disciplined” Democracy.

Answer…I want to stress again my words, Holding the elections regularly is not enough. We need the establishment of a democratic process and a levelling of the political playing field. The basic characteristics of democratic system must be instituted and followed such as:

There must be plurality

We must allow multi-political parties even if based on different races and religions

There must be no intimidation of the candidates.

There must be no intimidation of the oppositions; there must be no threats or restrictions on all the candidates and parties.

All the citizens must be allowed to participate in the election process, voting as well as standing as a candidate or people’s representative.

There must be an independent unbiased Election Commission.

I strongly recommend a UN Election Watch Dog.

The opposition must be given a free hand to campaign.

The opposition must be allowed access and usage of mass media even if it is controlled by the military government.

And all must accept the result of the elections whether any one win or loss.

Voters must be able to freely choose their preferred candidates/parties without interference

Question…Just look at the Seven steps of Democratization of SPDC Junta. Are they conforming to the fundamentals of democracies?

Answer… The most important thing in the democracy is to respect and recognize each and every person’s rights, minority races, minority religions, workers, women, children including handicapped persons etc.

And those minorities’ rights must be protected from the “bullies” of the majority.

The National Convention should have been conducted in a more meaningful way and a more inclusive or all-inclusive process.

All the people of Myanmar/Burma must be allowed to be participated by representation.

NLD, all the oppositions, civil society, ethnic minorities and minority religious groups must be allowed to be participated or allowed to present an open official stands, give suggestions, requests or objections.

I heard that anyone commenting about the National Convention could be prosecuted.

Then only it could be called democratic and could be accepted by the people of Burma and the International Community.

Question… Delegates to the Convention were chosen by the SPDC and the Fundamental human rights and democratic requirements of the delegates are fulfilled in the convention. There were no sign of a genuine process of political transition to a real democracy.

Answer… Yes the delegates to the Convention should be freely chosen and it should proportionally reflect the results of the 1990 elections.Some of the delegates were arrested for the activities carried out in relation to the Convention. Moreover, some were expelled or barred from the Convention for what they say or advocate peacefully.

Question…SPDC Generals accused that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD are stubborn and radical. What is your comment, how do you see them?

Answer…I think that NLD and Daw Suu are pragmatic.

They keep on saying that they could forgive and forget the past wrong doings and she is especially promoting Loving Kindness. The 1990 election they won is the real fact, no one including SPDC Generals could deny.

Student leaders are also telling that they did not wish to revenge or even mention about their sufferings but asking for true and meaningful dialogue and National Reconciliation.

Re-arresting the student leaders and continued arresting Daw Suu, NLD, opposition members and leaders do not show that the Generals have good faith or that they are sincerely changing towards a real democracy.

Question…But the whole world leaders especially ASEAN leaders are seems to be believe them and just supporting their claim to give more time.

Answer…No! The whole world knows that Myanmar Generals are just buying time or procrastinating and giving lame excuses to keep on staying in power. ASEAN and other world leaders are just trying to be polite and diplomatic only. On the other hand, some neighbours just closed their one eye to continue exploit Burma. No one believes the SPDC Generals. I wish to quote Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” And the person telling the lies also started to believe that he is telling the truth because that person is also unknowingly trapped in the illusion he had made.So SPDC is saying these over and over and over and over again, and hoping that the Burmese people and the whole world will believe it, and that’s their strategy.This propaganda technique is called “The Big Lie”.

Question…What are the other facts that may pull down the SPDC’s future Guided or Disciplined democracy to a lower level or to the bottom of the ratings:

Answer… In the SPDC’s Guided or Disciplined democracy:

The censorship of the print and online media is worse in the world ranking now and there is no indication of relaxation in a near future. All the Media must be free.

The SPDC government policies is currently favoring one race and religion in the Military and Government ignoring the ethnic minorities and minority religious groups.

There are no signs of freeing the political prisoners and there is no promise of not to continue the practice of re-arresting the freed political prisoners because of their peaceful political activities.

If they want to be recognized as moving towards the true democracy, they must allow individual freedom and especially the political freedoms. SPDC must allow the freer level of democratic development.

SPDC must respect the Civil Rights of all the citizens.

There must be good Governance free of Corruption.

There must be Rule of law not Rule by Law.

Political participation of all citizens must be allowed.

Civil liberties must be allowed by SPDC.

All the restrictions of SPDC on political parties must be stopped. SPDC Junta is not showing any signs or indications of reducing this oppression at the present and because of that, the opposition groups in Burma/Myanmar are fragmented and ineffective.

There must be a legitimate, non-arbitrary, transparent process to amend the constitution and laws.

Burmese People’s rights to demonstrations and assembly must .be recognized.